Stencil with self-spacing means thereon



lJuy 27 1926.

E. c. wooD STENCIL WITH SELF SKPAVCING MEANS THEREON f Filed July 12, 1923 l mi mwwmoow z z .V\. .mv ,Wx ifiiv ,mnwmmmww- Patented July 27, 1926.

UNITED STATES 'EDWIN c. woon, or NEW YORK, N..Y.

STENCILwriHsELnsPAoING MEANsTHEREoN.'

Application filed July 12, 1923.v vSerial No. 651,137.

The present invention relates to stencils or similar devices for facilitating the forming of letters or characters by means of cut portions offthe stencil and the arrangement of the letters or characters by marking them on a suitable surface in coordinating relation, and one object of the invention is to provide a lettering guide to be usedwherever clear, neat manually produced lettering is desired for titles, headlines, addressing, advertising, display or other purposes involving letterlng v v Another object is to provide a lettering guide having the same shift distance of the guide for forming all letters or characters whichnecessitate in their formation by the guide two operations of the pen, pencil or other" marking implement used in cooperation with the uide.

A feature o the invention is the provision in the guide ofy a shift opening or shift space and a member slidable therein and contactible by manual pressure thereon with the surface upon which the letters or characters are to be marked, whereby dueto sustained 'pres sure von this member it'becomes temporarily fixed'in its position on said surface and the guide is permitted `by manual operation to slide, within the limits of the shift opening or shift space, over the surface to be marked,

this sliding of the guide affording shifting.

movement thereof for formingv a letter or character by two operations 1of the marking implement.'v l

rThe foregoing objects'and such other'obv jects as may hereinafter appear, areattained by the'inventio'n, one of the possible embodi ments of which is set forth by way of eX- ample in the subjoined specification' and shown in the accompanying Vdrawings form-v ing part thereof, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the letteringy guide.

Figure 2, is a sectional-view on the line ibf2`of Fig. 1.

`Figure 3, is a r diagrammatic plan view of the lettering guide for illustrating the ,formation of a portionl of a letter or character by the first operation of a suitable marking element, not shown, in cooperation with a'cut lof the guide'adapted to form said por tion ofthefletter or character and before shifting Iof the guide. Eigure 4, is a diagrammatic: plan view illustrating the formation of the comple 5 mental. portion of the rstmentionefl letter or character by the second operation of the marking implement, not shown, in cooperation vwith a cut ofthe guide complemental of the' first cut adapted to `form the complemental yportion-of the letter or character and after shift ofthe guide.

Figure v5, v,is a diagrammatic plan .view

showing the letter or character first formed and illustrating the formation of a letter coordinating therewith formed by ,a single Op-` C `eration of rthe marking implement, not

shown, and' without necessitating operation of the guide shift. .y v n i Figure 6, is a` diagrammatic plan view showing the two firstformed coordinating letters or characters and illustrating the for.

mation of val third coordinating letteror char-v acter `formed by two operations of the niarking implement, not shown,'sifmilar to form-y ingv the first letter orf character and necessitating operation of the guidey shift. f p

Similar reference `characters denote similar parts throughout the several.,views.l The lettering guide comprises ay strip yl() of suitable material, preferably ytransparent' f and preferably of celluloid, having.l straight parallel edges. The strip 10 is provided with parallel marginal portions l1 yand i12-of equal length and width, ,thepmarginal portions being spaced apart by the panel 13 eX- 2 f tending for .the full lengthofthestrip y10. Oneface ofthey panel 13, which may be termed the operatively exposed face, preferably is flush with the surfaces of the mar ginal portions 11y and 12. The opposite face of the panel 13 is recessed or undercut for its fullv length and width, whereby, when the device is in operative position on the surface toy be marked, the under side of thefpanel will besp'aced away from said surface, to

' prevent blotting of the inkin the event of use ofink inthe marking. f Y 1 The panel-13 has-therethrough a seriesof cuts generally denoted by 14;, some of which provide. `means fory formino by cooperation therewith of a suitable maiking implement, not shown, and by one operationy thereof a complete letter or. characteron thesurface to bemarked, while. others of the cuts provide complementary means ,for forming on said surface parts'of a letter or character by the. use of said implement bytwo operations thereof and a shift-movement of the guide whereby the completeletter or character -is formed,lthe cuts shown whether singlecuts for forming a complete letter or character, or complementary cuts for forming a complete letter or character, being substantially similar in design and arrangement to 4the outs shown on the lettering, guide described and claimed in my copending application Serial No. 585,261, filed Ang.y 3O 11922and a suitable and preferable marking implement for cooperating with the cuts-is def scribed and claimed in my oopending application Serial-llo, 585,262, 'l'ed` Aug. SO, 1922.- i

` "The means for providing said shift move-v mentcomprises the shift 'space 1 5, arranged atone'end of thef'strip-10preferabl`y at the right hand end thereof When the guide is in operative .position ony the surf-aceto vbe marked, the space. 15, as shownbeing cutthroughthe panel 13. The pressure niember 16`is providechfor cooperating with thel shift space 15, this member-in the present instancelfbeing a button having itsperip hery a continuous groovei 17, the button-,being 'sprung into the*v shift space so that the parallel"longitudinalpedges ofthe shift spaceengage in the groove-1"?, whereby ythestri'p` 1Q, Whenthe-buttonfisheld in -xed-position,

is permitted'ytoy be manually` moved forr alimitedifdi'stance-'in either-direction, the butn ton having a slight play-due tothe Width of the,groove17fbeing greater -thanthethick'- ness'of vthe engagingedge-portions of the strip` 10, Vwhereby manual pressure on the button Yto-maintain it in fixed position does not interfere. with longitudinal movement ofithe: str-ip- 10511- t either-'- direction. Vy:[he distance ofjmovement offt-he` strip l0-in either direction, shown-at ,Fig- 4, is slightly greater-thanthe-\vidth of the Widest-- letter or character lformed by; tvv-o operations of the `marking yimplement in' cooperationwith` complementary cuts 11i-andv provides for the necessaryshift ofthe guide-*lO-for forming all such-letters4 As ai'iexample for showing operation-,ofi thelettering guide, assuming that it yis desired-to-plac'e the Word Box on ,adesiredj surfaoe, the i guide is arranged in a horizontal position on thesurface and suitablymaintained-therein by means of an adjacentstraight edge such as a- T-square,

. not shown;

movement relative to the button 16, the cut 19 is broulglghtl into position relative to the partly formed letter for -formingthe other vbody portion thereof by a second operation of the marking implement.

To form the nent letter O, the strip 10 `is,movedbodily,untilgthe cut 2O for forming this letter is brought into alined adj acency to theletter fBalreadywformed, the spacing between the letters being left to the eye and discretion of the. operator, andi-th'eletter is formedlby a single-k operation of thema-rkingg implement yin the` out 20'.

the marking implement in said c'utroneofw the `inclined, sides of Athe letter is formed;v thenby movement of the striplOitotheright asf-above described. relative to-the-letter' B.,

the complementary cut 22 is brought intov position for forming the other inclined-side ofthe letter" by a second; operationoff-the marking implement.

L:Having thus described my inventiom it' should be understood that there.ma-ymbel modifications thereof ganch variations: therein- Without departing from thek `spirit-.of fthe invention, or, exceedingitheascope:y of; the appended.v claims.

Vihatk Letters Ratentis :i

1'. .Ina stencil7 aflong .narrow-.strip posi tionable onthe. surface Qftheamaterialfto be marked, and having its; under :surf-ace .in contact with the surface. of said-material, wt'he strip. lhaving a series of vcutsz.` therethrough for forming letters'or characters and" being providedivvvithay spacingL slot, .andlstopzmeans slidably engaging inf said'slot: forfperm'itting slidable movement for the ylengtlri of said slot ofthe strip/on said. material, said stop means being -engageahle WithA theisur:n rface .oflsaid materialiby lpressureonith'e stop means vfor. maintaining said. meansA stationary on the material Whilefsaidstripis slid#v ably moved thereon, the edges of said cuts providing guiding means f-for. forming-let ters orhcliaracters -on fthematerial.-

`2. In a stencil, a` long -narrow.stripvposiltionable on thesurfaceof'thelmaterial tovbe marked and having-its under surface incon- `tact With the surface of ,said material,"the strip@ having lan `undercut* intramargi'nal portion having.. out-s therethrough fori-.forming letters or characters -and 1having-therethrough aspacingslot, and stop-meansslifdl ably 'movable inv 'saidl slot for permitting slid'able--movementf for the length off-said sloto-f `the strip onl said material", said stop means being engageable With the Isurzface'of said material by pressure -on the stop -means for maintaining 'said meansl stationary on the material- While said strip is-,slidably I; claim and .desire ato @protect moved thereon, the edges of said cuts pro-4 ters or characters on said material, some ofy said letters or characters being ormed by a single marking operation and others of said letters or characters beingformed by two marking operations, and stop means slidably movable in said slot for permitting sliding movement for the length of said slot of the strip on said material, said stop means being engageable with the surface of said material by pressure on the stop means for maintaining said means stationary while said stripl is slidably moved on the material for the length of said slot for providing the samev shift distance of said strip on the material for positioning in letter or character forming relation the cuts for forming letters or characters by two marking operations.

4. In a stencil of the character described,

a long narrow strip having cuts for forming letters or characters and a longitudinal slot therethrough, and means in said slot engage ing the strip for permitting slidable movement for the length of said slot of the strip on the material to be marked, said means being engageable by pressure thereon with the surface of the material to be marked for maintaining said means stationary while the strip is slidably moved on said material for the length of said slot. v l

5. In a stencil of the character described, a long narrow strip having cuts for forming letters or characters and a longitudinal slot therethrough, and a button in said slot having a head, a connecting neck and a base, the head and base respectively engaging the upper and undersurfaces of the strip and the neck engaging the slot for permitting slidable movement for the length of the slot of the strip on the material to be marked, said base being engageable with the surface of the material to be marked by pressure on the head of the button for maintaining the button stationary while the strip is slidably moved on said material for the length of said slot.

EDWIN o. woon. 

